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SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 279 
Ago (Ango) (Curcuma longa). Root scraped and converted into 
turmeric, which the natives use as a cosmetic and as a dye, in which state 
it is called ** Lega" (Lenga). 
Aile. The very young fruit of the Cocoa-nut tree (Cocos nucifera), 
often found on the ground in great numbers, about the size of an 
apple. 
Aisali. The perianth of the Cocoa-nut, used as a substitute for a 
oon. 
Akave (Agave, sp.). Introduced. 
Ala'a. A large tree. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, small, shining. 
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eale. A cocoa-nut in which the komdi is just beginning to form. 
Applied metaphorically to a coward. 
Aloalo (Premna Tahitensis). A shrub, arboreous, odoriferous, the 
upper part of the stem round, spreading, inclined to twine. Leaves 
exstipulate, entire, opposite, cordate-ovate. Bracts leafy, a stiff, 
erect bud in each axil. Flowers minute, in axillary corymbs. Calyx 
monosepalous, slightly lobed, irregular, green. Corolla monopetalous, 
pale green; tube cup-shaped; lobes 4, irregular. Stamens didyna- 
mous, inserted into the corolla, the larger two one on each side of 
the upper and largest lobe, the smaller two one on each side of the 
lower and smallest lobe. Ovary superior; style filiform; stigma 
bifid, the lobes scarcely distinguishable. Fruit round and fleshy. 
The natives make use of this plant for perfuming their oil. 
‘Alo‘alo. The raceme of red flowers of the “ Gatae,” g. v. 
Aloalo-sina. Vide ** Utouto." 
Aloalo-vao and Aloalo-tane (Rudiacea). A tree, with opposite 
leaves and interpetiolar stipules 
Anaoso (Guilandina Bonduc, Ait.). 
Anüme (Maba sp.?). A tree, not large, dicecious. Male flowers : 
Calyx neem ee” 3-lobed. Corolla monopetalous, 3 small lobes 
alternating with those of the calyx, hypogynous, imbricate in 
wstivation. Stamens 3, surrounding a conical disk ; filaments very 
short, free. Anthers free, triangular, bursting longitudinally. Fruit 
drupaceous, 2-celled, 3—4 stony seeds. Eaten by the children. In 
bloom in June or July and January or February. 
Aa (Ficus prolixa). A kind of Banyan. “Some of these trees were 
seen whose pendent branches had taken root in the ground to the number 
